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Weather Round 2 coming?
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- While the National Weather Service has not issued any severe thunderstorm watches or warnings--yet--for Wednesday, that is a possibility later in the day. They have iss...
Jul 06, 2022 NWS logo.
Sioux Falls, Dell Rapids, Salem, Crooks, numerous other cities still experiencing power outages
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Nearly 5,000 Xcel Energy customers remain without power in the Sioux Falls area as of 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. That's according to the company's outage map. Communities sti...
Jul 06, 2022 Xcel Energy outage map as of 9:30 a.m., 7/6/22.
Xcel Energy says they are working on restoring power in Sioux Falls, region
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Xcel Energy crews are working to assess damage and safely restore power to customers as quickly as possible after a line of thunderstorms, now termed a derecho by the Si...
Jul 06, 2022 A derecho approaches downtown Sioux Falls, 7/5/22. KELO.com News photo by Rachel Sundem.
Traffic blocked for miles on I-90 from semi after storm
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - A disabled semi-tractor trailer was clogging traffic for miles in the westbound lane of Interstate 90 near exit 383 late Tuesday afternoon. The vehicle was back on its w...
Jul 05, 2022 Westbound I-90 near exit 383 from semi disabled from the afternoon storm, 7/5/22. KELO.com News photo by Sara Hyser.
First Person: A wild trip home from work during the storm
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - Like many of you, Midwest Communication Radio's Sue Martens was trying to get home as Tuesday's storm blew through Sioux Falls. Here's Sue's journal of her harrowing tri...
Jul 05, 2022 Downed branches in Sioux Falls, 7/5/22. KELO.com News photo Sue Martens.
Nearly 24,000 Sioux Falls customers without electricity
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - About 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Excel Energy was reporting about 24,000 customers without power across Sioux Falls. KELO-AM lost power about 4:15 p.m. as as of 5:25 p.m. Tuesda...
Jul 05, 2022 The sky turned green just before the storm came through downtown Sioux Falls, 7/5/22. KELO.com News photo by Rachel Sundem.
Innoskate comes to Sioux Falls this weekend.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Innoskate, a free festival celebrating skateboarding, invention, music and creativity is coming to Sioux Falls this weekend! It will be held at Levitt at the Falls July...
Jul 05, 2022 Roberta Garrido / CC
Pruning trees prevents storm damage.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Pruning your trees is essential to keeping them protected from storms, and property protected from debris. This is especially true given the severe weather that has pla...
Jul 05, 2022
Lane shift planned for 41st Street on Sioux Falls DDI construction project
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - On Wednesday, July 6, 2022, two-way traffic on 41st Street (between Marion Road and Meadow Avenue) will shift south to the newly-paved lanes as crews work on 41st Street...
Jul 05, 2022 Matthew Hamilton / Unsplash
Will gas demand keep falling, or is there a U-turn ahead?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) - The national average for a gallon of gasoline fell to $4.80, down eight cents over the past week. In Sioux Falls, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas is...
Jul 05, 2022 AAA gasoline price chart, 7/5/22.
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